, 1887-06-02

OUT and ordered him out and took
hold OF him; had my revolver by
my side; he was In the act of sirik-
ing me whenI raised my revolver;
he freed himself from me; the re-.
volvpr went off rs he raised his hand
to strike me-; when the revolver
went off cried Out"O, my God, are
you shOt?" / looked into his face a.
see Ii he was shot; ! could not SEE
anything; my health was in u bad
condition at the time; l was enter
t.ining the gentleman that night;
he was standing, when shot, near the
threshold of the inner door; he
stood In front Of ma when tried
to put him out after I came out Of
my he'd room; did not look at the
revolver; kept II by my side; had
no intention Of shooting the man; |
got the revolver to defend my ELF in
case II were necessary; l cannot say
what my thoughts were when fred;
1 had no intention to shout,
but only intended to defend my
self; when I fired had no
intention to shoot; fired ~ / threw
up the revolver tn ward Utf blow;
l was surpriSed; dOn't know what
1 intended to do; never shot the
revolver off before; kept 1t there
not for the purpose of shouting any
one; I got IL for the purpose of
shooting only wien II became necrS-
sary in self defense; I don't know
much about II revolver; thought
he would be afraid and would 20
away II he saw the revolver; | kept
the revolver in the drawer most Of
the time only when | went down
in town of an evening with
money on my person, then / took t.
with me; l then to'k it simply for
intimidation and not for us''; strang-
ers came to the door over which the
word "Star" was; there were bed
rooms back Of the two parlor-; |
don't know whether the d"nr in
which the deceased came was open
or not; he struck ut mr when | fired;
| cannot state his * set positions;
he stood up after shot him until he
he asked me to let him down on the
floor; | laid him down on hi, back;
| don't know exactly where he stood
just before l shot him; the revolver
was II present to me; the person who
gave 1t to me- told me how to
kept IT; he fixed the revolver for M; (;
had no other cartridges i,.the hou-e;
did not seq him put cartridges in
the revolver; it WIS already loaded
when given to me; he told me to he
al ways careful and keep an empty
chamber so that ii would not go off.
Rp-direct--DOnalsOn and WycOtf
were strangers to me; the deceased
WAS a stranger to me.
DR.. Ppntirld called: a paper was
identified as taken from the body of
licensed. To make sure of de-
ceased the above evidence was given
for the purpose of identification of
deceased ny other Witnesses who
saw said paper IN possession of de
ceased before he arrived ut defen.
dant's house.
Court adjourned at II o'clock to
0:3O this morning.
The examination of one more wit
ness for the defense closes the case.
IL is thought ttat the case will 20 to
the Jury some time to-day.
From Wednesday daily.
Court convened Mt 9:3O a. ip., Hon.
Geo. Turner presiding.
Territory OF Washington W. Ray
II ,ymond, indicted for murder in
the first degree.
Miss Sniizinyer was the a irst wit
ness on the part of ,he defense call,d d
this morning, and testified suhstan-
TALLY M follows:
reside In Spokane FALL; resided
here on the 25tn and Goth Of June.
1886. l remember the Occurance
that caused the death Of II man on
that night; know the hay window
house; | saw Il man ut my house on
that night; the only man In my
house about 10 O'Clock was u man of
more than average weight; = Opd
near him and had to look up to him.
and he was Of Il red i,h cOnpeXlun;
features II little spare, uOSr ANA cheek
prominent; had red muStache; face
looked as II II had been recently
-haven; no hat on. he WAS dressed
comfortably, tut rough; uVrra'is on
OF II blue color, had a common Kind
of Il coat on; showed me paper
identical as 10 size and color; didn't
read its contents; iin order for work
on railroad he said; Qhls is the same
paper as taken from the deceased by
DR.. Penhrld) not a barge amount;
think he said; am of the Impression
that it was Of Il small amount; he
sad it was what he GOT for his work
ana was sufficient To pay for the
drinks; my house was Of the same
character as defendant; he WIS at
my house some time anUut l0:3u; he
made threa,s against houses and
women of The same character of my
house aud inmates.
No crOSS-eXaininatiOn.
Here the defense rested.
Rehuttal-The first witness on the
part OF the prosecution in rebutlal
was Jonnie Spngfelder. Reside in
Spokane Falls; am baker by trade;
know where the Poodle Dog res
taurInt il; remember an occurance
which happened there u short time
befUr, the shooting of the deceased,
in which the defendant came in with
II revolver In her h nd; there were
present Mason Smith, Pearl and
Ruay and another person.
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